Mauritania - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Mauritania was 2,077,143 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,077,143 in 2020 and a minimum value of 791,871 in 1960.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 791,871
1961 810,486
1962 829,275
1963 848,211
1964 867,267
1965 886,429
1966 905,603
1967 924,680
1968 943,488
1969 961,927
1970 979,760
1971 996,895
1972 1,013,241
1973 1,028,772
1974 1,043,342
1975 1,056,904
1976 1,069,281
1977 1,081,963
1978 1,095,191
1979 1,107,543
1980 1,118,954
1981 1,129,427
1982 1,138,739
1983 1,146,658
1984 1,152,827
1985 1,157,128
1986 1,159,394
1987 1,159,715
1988 1,166,557
1989 1,200,101
1990 1,234,381
1991 1,269,473
1992 1,305,406
1993 1,342,163
1994 1,379,724
1995 1,418,140
1996 1,457,388
1997 1,497,641
1998 1,539,242
1999 1,582,700
2000 1,628,341
2001 1,658,844
2002 1,681,304
2003 1,704,261
2004 1,727,424
2005 1,750,678
2006 1,773,850
2007 1,796,929
2008 1,819,918
2009 1,843,096
2010 1,866,322
2011 1,889,541
2012 1,912,582
2013 1,935,242
2014 1,957,467
2015 1,979,088
2016 2,000,078
2017 2,020,351
2018 2,039,966
2019 2,058,876
2020 2,077,143

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Mauritania was 44.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.12 in 1960, while its lowest value was 44.67 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 93.12
1961 92.57
1962 91.97
1963 91.33
1964 90.64
1965 89.91
1966 89.13
1967 88.29
1968 87.39
1969 86.45
1970 85.44
1971 84.36
1972 83.23
1973 82.03
1974 80.76
1975 79.43
1976 78.03
1977 76.67
1978 75.37
1979 74.03
1980 72.63
1981 71.19
1982 69.71
1983 68.18
1984 66.61
1985 65.01
1986 63.37
1987 61.70
1988 60.43
1989 60.55
1990 60.68
1991 60.80
1992 60.93
1993 61.05
1994 61.17
1995 61.30
1996 61.42
1997 61.54
1998 61.66
1999 61.79
2000 61.91
2001 61.38
2002 60.52
2003 59.65
2004 58.77
2005 57.89
2006 57.00
2007 56.11
2008 55.21
2009 54.31
2010 53.41
2011 52.51
2012 51.60
2013 50.69
2014 49.80
2015 48.91
2016 48.04
2017 47.18
2018 46.33
2019 45.49
2020 44.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization